Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-04-29

[ looked around for the cause 1 saw {
body of stalwart looking young white men
marching up the street leading to thu
polls, each one wearing q blue ribbon
They were the employees of j. Z. Houff's
Tan yard. and at their head marched theil
foreman. Felix Alton. Amid the applause
OF the ladies they all marched up and drop
ped Against License" ballots into thu
box. There it is, you see," said my Har
risonburg Wet friend; that idea has go1
among the workingmen and we CAM
straighten them out.'
The news through the day from tht
county precincts was also very discourag-
ing. A courier came in from Dayton say
Ing that at 2 O'Clock the vote there was
Drys 106, Vets one. AT KeeZletown al
the same hour, a precinct whose vote il
counted with Harrisonburg's, the VOTE
was 46 Drys to II Vets. In little squirt
of voting just before O'Clock, there were
Is Dry and only Wet votes put in the
Harrisonburg box. SO, take it altogether
the Vets were not surprised when at the
ballot counting az night the following was
the
OFFICIAL RETURN OF THE HARRISON.
BURG PRECINCT.
Against License. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. All
For License. ...... .....................3l3
MaiOritu ipc T
or to hear that the official vote of the dis.
trict showed that the Drys had carried it
by 241 majority.
THE VOTE OF THE DISTRICTS.
[ am indebted to the Rocking ham IRE
gister'' for the vote of the Districts Ashby
District gave 593 Dry majority-Mt. Craw-
ford precinct giving 1873 Dry to nothing for
the Vets. and Dayton 15S Dry to 5 Wet;
Central District, 241 majority for the Drys:
Linvllle District gave "a majority for the
Drys, and Plains Ristrict gave % majority
for the Vets. The total vote in the four
districts was 3,146, and the total majority
of the Drys in the aggregate vote was $40
THE COST OF THE FIGHT,
The Local Option people inform me
that their campaign cost them foE trans
portation, printing and the like, about
5000. L learn that the License men put
up $3.50 for the expenses of their campaign
and spent it.
THE W. C. I. U
The lunch-room which the W. G. T.
Union ladies had in charge was largely
patroniZed all day and the conductors of it
were in the highest spirits. AS | came
away in the evening, Mrs. Judge Paul, the
President, said she wanted the W. G. T.
U. of Staunton to know how grateful they
felt for the interest and sympathy shown
bv it in the cause in Harrisonburg.
A HARDSHIP THAT SHOULD BE REMEM-
BERED.
I have tried to give you an impartial &C.
count of this fight which has ended in a
victory for the Drys and which is causing
many hearts in Harrisonburg to beat with
joy. Now let me call your attention to
something else. Judge Grattan has ex-
tended the term of his court awaiting the
result of the election, to govern his grant
ing or Withholding liquor licenses. The
following are the liquor dealers III Rar-
risonburg who have their places of bust
ness rented for year,, and in some cases
for longer time: who have many thou
sands Of dollars invested in stock, and who
have received only four days. notice
to lock up and close their houses Satur-
day night next at - o'clock-John Wal
lace, rent, $500; P. J. Lamb, $780, Jno. j.
Lamb, $500; Dan. O'Donnell, $500; J. P.
Lowman & Capeheart. wholesale, $3.50;
the Cavanaugh Brothers who own their
property but have the largest stock Of
liquors in the Valley-some in their cellars
beng fifteen years old, and Martin j.
Kelley who has not renewed his rent but
has large stock on hand-most of these
men have families to support and a rich
man among them is an exception to the
rule. They were not violators Of any law
but had made investments and were pur-
suing their business under the guarantee
of law, and yet In four days, by popular
vote, they and their means Of livelihood
are treated with suddenness and violence
that seem to me repuguant to any
sense Of fair dealing. If any man does not
realize this, let him for moment put him
self and his business in the same position.
l am making a plea for the simplest
justice, not to say humanity. when
1 say that the legislature ought to
amend the law SO as to give them reason
able time. after the result of an election,
to adjust their affairs to meet it. The suf-
ferers in this case are beyond help, but
there are hundreds of others now DOUG
business, under license from the State,
who may at any time be in the same
situation.